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List of animals by speed Rank Animal Maximum speed Class Notes 1 Peregrine falcon: 389 km/h (242 mph) 108 m/s (354 ft/s) [1] [7] Flight-diving The peregrine falcon is the fastest aerial animal, fastest animal in flight, fastest bird, and the overall fastest member of the animal kingdom. The peregrine falcon achieves its highest velocity not in ...
Average horizontal speed Maximum horizontal speed Maximum airspeed Remark Peregrine falcon: Falco peregrinus: Falconidae: 65–90 km/h 40–56 mph [4] 110 km/h 68 mph [4] 389 km/h 242 mph [5] High-speed dive—pointed long wings Saker falcon: Falco cherrug: Falconidae: 150 km/h 93 mph [6] 320 km/h 200 mph [7] High-speed dive—pointed long ...
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A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.
The mite has been recorded at a speed of 322 body lengths per second (0.225 m/s (0.50 mph)). [3] This is far in excess of the previous record holder, the Australian tiger beetle Rivacindela hudsoni , the fastest insect in the world relative to body size, which has been recorded at 1.86 m/s (4.2 mph) or 171 body lengths per second. [ 7 ]
This will show notable individual animals who have a record in the Guinness World Records or had in the past. Pages in category "Animal world record holders" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Energy for Animal Life, Oxford University Press, 1999; Exploring biomechanics: animals in motion, Scientific American Library, 1992; Hydraulic mechanisms in locomotion, in Body Cavities: Function and Phylogeny, pp. 187–198, Selected Symposia and Monographs, 8, Mucchi. Principles of Animal Locomotion, Princeton University Press, 2003
Guinness World Records states several types of records it will not accept for ethical reasons, such as those related to the killing or harming of animals. [64] In the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records, Colombian serial killer Pedro López was listed as the "most prolific serial killer", having murdered at least 110 people (with Lopez himself ...